Jermaine Bishop to train at DB this summer
With a crowded receiver depth chart, Bishop is cross training during the summer.
Steve Sarkisian has never been afraid of using talented players at wide receiver and defensive back. Texas Longhorns early enrollee Jermaine Bishop could be next — the nation’s No. 3 athlete in the 2026 recruiting class, according to the 247Sports Composite rankings, is set to spend time training at defensive back during the summer.
“Jermaine is a fantastic football player. He’s a young man who’s got an extremely high football IQ. The game comes naturally to him.
I think it always has. He’s a guy that we played exclusively at wide receiver this spring. This summer, we are going to allow him to do some of the DB stuff, because I do think there is a future for him there.
This is not out of the norm for me. I did this with John Ross at the University of Washington, did it with Adoree’ Jackson at USC. We did it at Alabama with Devonta Smith,” Sarkisian said at the Touchdown Club of Houston on Thursday.